When I contacted Seattle Historical Arts for Kids last fall to come and teach us Medieval music and dance, the response was that they have never taught students so young, that history isn't taught in schools until at least the fifth grade. Check out my blog post here and see how we did!
When I was telling a family member about how the Navigators enjoyed discovering the Fibonacci Golden Ratio, he was flabbergasted. I then went on to say how they did the math up to the millions, even though some of them still write their threes backwards. Again, check out my blog post here and see the excitement.
The past few weeks we have been studying perspectives and proportions in art. The first and second grade Navigators took on the challenges and, just as there was a huge leap from Medieval flat looking paintings to Renaissance 3-D like paintings, there were great strides made in our drawing abilities.
And the conversation continues: Can first and second graders really draw like that? Well, welcome to our classroom Renaissance Art Museum!
Perspective (taught by Ms Head, our art expert):
Proportion:
We got out mirrors and really looked at our faces. What is the middle point of our face? How wide are our eyes? How far apart are they? Where do our ears start and end? Where is our nose? Where is our mouth? How wide is our mouth? Do we see anything that we've never noticed before? What are those squiggly red lines on our eyeballs?
Here are some of the results:
We then studied the proportions of our entire body, extending our lesson on Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man. Notice how our personalities show up.
Proportion in Animals
We then read Leonardo's Horse by Jean Fritz and drew horses, unicorns and Pegasuses.
When you get a chance, come see our Renaissance Art Museum!
I'm sure one of our fine, educated, proud docents will show you around!
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